John’s Movie Musings

Think back to 1999.  Everyone was freaking out over two things:  Y2K and another Star Wars movie was about to open.  As it turned out, both of those were enormous wastes of time, but back then that’s all anyone cared about.

Fanboys transports you back to that age of innocence – that time when the Special Editions were the low point of the Star Wars saga.  Much like Homer’s Odyssey, we journey with a troupe of geeks from Ohio to Skywalker Ranch.  Why?  To steal a rough cut of The Phantom Menace.  Yeah, yeah – I’ll never use Homer and Fanboys in the same sentence again.

OK, so now we come to the big question.  Who in their right mind would watch this? Especially since some of you probably made up your mind after looking at the poster.

Let me help with a quiz…

• Do you insert Star Wars quotes into everyday conversation?
• Do you know what the Kessel Run is?
• Have you ever dressed up as a Star Wars character for Halloween?
• How about any time other than Halloween?

If you answered yes to more than one of those, you will love this movie because you are a fanboy.  For those of you not in that category but enjoy hanging out with a bunch of dudes in black t-shirts, you will probably hate the movie but enjoy the experience.

As for me, it was far, far better than I was expecting.  It’s got lots of laughs and I enjoyed the look back when Star Wars was cool.

Grade: B